John Andrews, Ph.D./MFA

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John Andrews is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Honors College at Oklahoma State University. He completed his BA in Writing at the University of Central Arkansas, his MFA in Creative Writing at Texas State University, and his PhD in English at Oklahoma State University. John's scholarly work focuses on fostering creativity and belonging within honors curriculum. His artistic work focuses on LGBTQIA experience within the genres of contemporary poetry and nonfiction. His first book of poetry, Colin Is Changing His Name, was a finalist for the Oklahoma Book Award. He is currently writing his second book of poetry and researching how City-As-Text (Place-As-Text) curriculum impacts retention in first year honors students. He has taught The Poetics of Pop Culture, Place-As-Text: OSU, Place-As-Text: Stillwater,  Place-As-Text: Central Mexico, Let’s Get Creative: Odyssey of the Mind, Introduction to Creative Writing, and Composition I&II.

 

His current role includes teaching, advising, and the administrative responsibility of working with K-12 Outreach programs. As a K-12 educator and mentor, John has engaged K-12 students through Odyssey of the Mind, Junior Sciences and Humanities Symposium, Oklahoma State Science and Engineering Fair, Arkansas Governor's School, Upward Bound, and Austin Bat Cave. He also had the privilege of being named a C.D. Marshall Scholar at Texas State University through which he taught high school poetry workshops in Lockhart, Texas. John is passionate about connecting Honors with K-12 students to not only help scholars realize their full potential, but also inspire the next generation of interdisciplinary researchers, innovators, and artists in Oklahoma and beyond

 

HONR 1133 Place As Text: Oklahoma State University Syllabus

HONR 3023 Place As Text: Central Mexico Syllabus

HONR 1000 Let's Get Creative: Odyssey of the Mind Syllabus

HONR 1000: Poetics of Pop Culture Syllabus